Mechanical Owl Endangered
Wellington Leg: During a writers retreat at Canary Slough a mechanical owl was observed in the woods south of the campus not far from the Wallop Upgrade on Highway 61. The majestic bird flew over Maggie’s Farm before alighting close to Fourth Street. “It might have been Third Street,” said birder Marjorie Mayhew. “I’m not positive it was Fourth Street.”
If the owl has returned to the Leg it would confirm the migratory nature of Wellington Leg’s signature bird. The mechanical owl is a rare species with a white face and matching gloves, which, like a rolling stone, travels here and there in search of mechanical food.
Back on the endangered list? Great changes to its natural habitat have forced the owl to hitch rides rather than fly. “We saw one from a Buick 6,” noted Ms. Mayhew. “It may have been driving a small bore Lotus.”
Mechanical owls are quite large some weighing over twenty kilos. They favor leafy environs although a cave dwelling owl with a penchant for aluminum siding was studied by the forty third earl. “They left the caves,” he said. “They may have been suffering from subterranean homesick blues.”
Some believe the development of Vertiginous Pines, a condo community, may have influenced the sudden departure of the owls several years ago. The vast new tract called Desolation Row was suspended after Ophelia was observed “neath her window.”
Geraldo reporting for Wellington Leg Science and Birding.